For the better part of a month and a half town officials have been cautioning that there is a drug and alcohol abuse problem among young adults and teenagers in Saugus. But nothing makes it more apparent than reading the most recent fire log.

On Tuesday, Nov. 9 a call was made to the department to report a 24-year-old female overdosed on drugs. Again on Friday, Nov. 12 a mother called the department to report her 24-year-old son had taken 54 Adavans. Items like these are all too common in both the police and fire logs.

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